05_never_again
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I think it is just a hot take, Skip Bayless-type comment designed mostly to get attention. It gets attention when you say that this gigantic figure in the sport is overrated or just a good recruiter, not a coach.Yeah I don’t get The “he has more talent than everyone else” argument. Should we discount what Coach K or John Wooden accomplished, because they had more talent than just about everyone.
In the case of Saban, the argument is amplified because he went 15-17 in the NFL, where the talent differential between good teams and bad teams is pretty thin. That's supposedly evidence he can't outscheme anyone and just relies on having more talent to beat people. It also could be evidence of a generally incompetent front office in Miami, which existed before Saban, while Saban was there, and after Saban. He had no roster control in Miami if I remember correctly.
I'm not sure what Saban is supposed to do to "remedy" this knock on himself, though. Recruit lesser-talented kids on purpose and win just as much with them? Saban is an incredible recruiter - I wouldn't disagree for a second with the notion that recruiting is the foundation and single biggest reason for his success. However, if he was just an average coach, I'm not sure he wins a single national title, much less 6, and he probably would have gotten fired from Alabama already for pulling in multiple #1 recruiting classes but losing a couple games a year that he shouldn't.